Muscle Energy Techniques: Advanced Soft Tissue Manipulation & CD ROM

Description

MET are manipulative treatments in which a patient,on request,actively uses his/her muscles from a controlled position in a specific direction against a distinct counterforce.Provides comprehensive presentation of the techniques.-L.Chaitow.(01)332pp+CD

In @Muscle Energy Techniques' Leon Chaitow sets out clear, practical, clinical guidance for students and practitioners wishing to use MET techniques as part of their patient management.

Key Features:

- Details the background to soft tissue dysfunction and explains the chain reactions that occur as part of such dysfunctions.

- Provides precise assessment and diagnosis guidelines.

- Gives many variations on the safe use of MET in acute, chronic and rehabilitation settings.

- Explains the use of MET for whole muscle problems, local dysfunction and joint restrictions.

- Includes a chapter by the distinguished American chiropractor Dr Craig Liebenson that focuses on the rehabilitation and prevention aspects of MET usage and complements the osteopathic approaches presented in Chaitow's chapters.

- Suggests patient self-application methods

- Highly illustrated with 2-colour line drawings and diagrams

- Supplemented by a free CD-ROM which includes the full text plus video clips of the author demostrating the techniques.

New Features in this Edition Include:

- New material on other stretching approaches

- A detailed examination of muscle categorisation, expanding on the postura/phasic model, and looking at recent research into muscle behaviour.

- Inclusion of complex spiral stretch applications in which several muscle groups are treated simultaneously.

- A new comprehensive shoulder treatment sequence.

- CD-ROM includes video clips to demonstrate the application of the techniques.

Sections expanded in this edition to incorporate the latest research findings include:

- Assessment methods.

- MET and the treatment of joints

- MET and the treatment of trigger points.

- MET methodology with particular emphasis on
MET application in sensitive and painful
conditions especially using pulsed MET.

- How soft tissues become dysfunctional.

- MET applications to spiral joints and ribs.

'Muscle Energy Techniques' will extend the knowledge of practitioners. Therapists and students of chiropractic osteopathy, physiotherapy and massage.

Although, some may alredy be familiar with MET they may be unaware of its many potencial applications.

This new edition gives comprehensive coverage of those dysfunctional situations in which MET is potencially useful.

Now with an accompanying CD-ROM it will provide both students and practitioners with all the information and background they need to allow them to use MET techniques safely and effectively.

Date reviewed

22/12/2003

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